The stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of vegetation in tropical forests of the Amazon Basin, Brazil

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 251-274

  Ometto, Jean P H B ^a   Ehleringer, James R ^b   Domingues, Tomas F ^b   Berry, Joseph A ^c   Ishida, Françoise Y ^a   Mazzi, Edmar ^a   Higuchi, Niro ^d   Flanagan, Lawrence B ^e   Nardoto, Gabriela B ^a   Martinelli, Luiz A ^a  

^a Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Instituto de Pesquisa da Amazõnia   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amazon; Carbon; Nitrogen; Primary forest; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BARK; CARBON ISOTOPE; LEAF; LITTER; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOOD;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; JIPARANA BASIN; MANAUS; PARA [BRAZIL]; SANTAREM [PARA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745922069     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-006-9008-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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